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Re:Not Lisp again (2009) by brlewis on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @04:00PM (#14250025)
Yes, I'm sure hardly any would say "three fourths" for (/ 3 4) and a lot of them would for 3/4. (A lot of them might also say "three or four".)

Incidentally Scheme syntax recognizes 3/4 as a rational number. It will do rational arithmetic without floating point problems.

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